Geoffrey "Geoff" William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ashfield since 1992. In the British Government, he served as Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip of the House of Commons, before resigning from the Cabinet to spend more time with his family; he will stand down at the next election.
Geoff Hoon was born in Derby, England, a...
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Geoffrey "Geoff" William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Ashfield since 1992. In the British Government, he served as Defence Secretary, Transport Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip of the House of Commons, before resigning from the Cabinet to spend more time with his family; he will stand down at the next election.
Geoff Hoon was born in Derby, England, and is the son of railwayman Ernest (who also saw action in the RAF in World War II, serving in India and Burma) and June Collett. He was educated at the independent Nottingham High School (where he was a member of the Combined Cadet Force from 1967-70). Before university, he worked as a labourer in a furniture factory for a year from 1972-3. He read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1974, becoming the first person in his family to go to university. He was a law lecturer at the University of Leeds from 1976 until 1982, and was a...
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